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255 Richmond St E

City of Toronto

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Has this property been altered?
9 building permits on record since 2002, most recently May 31, 2017.
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What’s the zoning here?
CR SS1 (x339) · as of Feb 20, 2026
What could change around it?
19 active construction records within 250 m of this address.
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  • Flood plain & conservation regulation (TRCA)
  • Heritage Register status
  • Building footprint & massing
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  • Nearest TTC transit stop
  • Nearest park & green space
  • Street-tree density
  • Building violations & orders
  • Property standards orders (ML&S)
  • Fire safety inspections
  • Rental building condition rating
  • Rent-reduction notices
  • Business licences
  • Short-term rental registrations
  • Multi-tenant (rooming) house licences
  • Sign permits
  • Development applications
  • Committee of Adjustment (zoning variances)
  • Local Appeal Body appeals
  • Food inspections (DineSafe)
  • Liquor licences

Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Toronto.

Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario.

Contains information made available under the Toronto and Region Conservation Authority (TRCA)'s Open Data Licence v 1.0

Source: Statistics Canada, Forward sortation areas, digital boundary file, 2021 Census. Reproduced and distributed on an "as is" basis with the permission of Statistics Canada.

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255 Richmond St E

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Building permit timeline

Year-grouped permit history. Permits collapse under each year.

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  1. 2017

    1 filing
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  2. 2015

    1 filing
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  3. 2014

    1 filing
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  4. 2004

    1 filing
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  5. 2003

    1 filing
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  1. 2002

    4 filings
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Nearby Construction

Within 250 m

Active and recent construction within 250 m of this address.

22 locations shown

  • 1

    231 Richmond St E

    Development Permits
    51 m
  • 2

    231 Richmond St E

    Development Permits
    73 m
  • 3

    125 George St

    Development Permits ×2 Committee of Adjustment
    77 m
  • 4

    125 George St

    Development Permits ×2 Committee of Adjustment
    79 m
  • 5

    125 George St

    New Build
    90 m
  • 6

    8 Britain St

    Renovation
    101 m
  • 7

    311 Richmond St E

    Renovation
    103 m
  • 8

    300 Adelaide St E

    Renovation
    110 m
  • 9

    142 George St

    Renovation
    114 m
  • 10

    317 Adelaide St E

    Renovation
    134 m
  • 11

    252 Adelaide St E

    Renovation
    139 m
  • 12

    69 Sherbourne St

    Renovation
    151 m
  • 13

    GEORGE ST (TO) / From: KING ST E / To: ADELAIDE ST E

    Scheduled Construction
    156 m
  • 14

    115 Jarvis St

    Zoning Changes
    159 m
  • 15

    366 Adelaide St E

    Renovation
    162 m
  • 16

    200 King St E

    Renovation ×2
    165 m
  • 17

    163 Queen St E

    Renovation
    181 m
  • 18

    117 Jarvis St

    Renovation
    201 m
  • 19

    140 Sherbourne St

    Renovation
    229 m
  • 20

    197 King St E

    Renovation ×2
    236 m
  • 21

    166 King St E

    Renovation
    236 m
  • 22

    95 Lombard St

    Renovation
    248 m
1

New Build

17

Renovation

6

Development Permits

2

Committee of Adjustment

1

Zoning Changes

1

Scheduled Construction

Construction activity detected within 250 m, from the City of Toronto's open data. Each pin is a City-geocoded point (which may hold more than one record/address); click for details. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Toronto.

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255 Richmond St E in Toronto has 9 building permits on record dating back to 2002, most recently on May 31, 2017.